Poets must read and study, but also they must learn to tilt and whisper, shout, or dance, each in his or her own way, or we might just as well copy the old books. But, no, that would never do, for always the new self swimming around in the old world feels itself uniquely verbal. And that is just the point: how the world, moist and bountiful, calls to each of us to make a new and serious response. That’s the big question, the one the world throws at you every morning. “Here you are, alive. Would you like to make a comment?” This book is my comment.
~ Mary Oliver, Long Life: Essays and Other Writings
Notes: 1) MMM* = Monday Morning Mantra. 2) Turned Sheet (1965) by Gerhard Richter via vjeranski
YES!! Best thing to say when greeting the day….
wonderful. and our actions are our comments too.
I have a daily devotional book that I read on each day of the year. I’ve had it for at least 20 years. My first year through, I dog earned about 10 different dated devotions. Now all 365 devotions have dog ears.
There are readings that had no meaning at first, but as the years move on events in my life shead light on those topics that once seemed meaningless.
As it is with us all. There are truths that exist whether we are effected by them or not. Keeping an open mind and heart may just enrich our lives.
-Alan
You read it each day of the year. For 20 years. It must be incredibly inspiring to return to it day after day.
It is. The title of the book is “Through The Year With Fulton J. Sheen,” Inspirational Reading for Each Day Of The Year; complied by Henry Dieterich
-Alan
Thanks Alan. I will be sure to check it out.
love this… so true- nothing new under the sun- but we must strain to grasp the mysteries over and over and over again.
Yes. So true Catherine.